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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1618)PAL (rare).

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Coins: Shipwreck Silver Start Price:240.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 450.00 USD
Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1618)PAL (rare).
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Potosi, Bolivia, cob 8 reales, (1618)PAL (rare). 13.93 grams. Round and well-centered, with full shield and cross and clear PAL assayer, but typically moderately corroded all over, scarce provenance. Pedigreed to the Thomas Gray collection and formerly displayed at the ANA Money Museum's "Treasures of the Deep" exhibit (2014-15), also pedigreed to our Auction #10, with original lot-tag #280 and original Seahawk certificate #91-1A-002507.0103. Recovered from: "Dry Tortugas wreck," sunk ca. 1622 in the Dry Tortugas, west of Key West, Florida